Vadtal Swaminarayan Temple

Getting there

• By air

  Vadodara Airport is the nearest airport, 49 km away.

• By train

  Anand railway station is the nearest convenient station, 13 km away.

• By road

  The nearest bus stand is Vadtal ST Bus station.

Book and check

Official pages only. We do not sell darshan passes or tours.

• Official site: darshan timingsvadtalmandir.org

Why devotees come here

Vadtal Swaminarayan Temple stands in Vadtal, Kheda district, Gujarat, and is dedicated to Lakshmi Narayan. The temple is shaped like a lotus, with nine domes in its inner temple, and it houses the headquarters of the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi.

The Vadtal organisation is the southern diocese of the original Swaminarayan Sampraday. The central shrine holds Lakshmi Narayan, with Radha Krishna in the right shrine and Vasudev, Dharma and Bhakti in the left. The story goes that devotees of Vadtal asked Swaminarayan to build a Krishna temple in their town.

The temple was completed within 15 months. Swaminarayan himself installed the idols of Laxminarayan Dev on 3 November 1824, with Vedic chanting. The temple is shaped like a lotus, with nine domes in the inner temple. The wooden pillars bear colourful wood carvings, and the inner dome holds stone idols of the ten incarnations of Vishnu.

In January 1921 Mahatma Gandhi gave a speech at the temple on the relevance of non-cooperation to Hindu Dharma.

Festivals

• 9 to 10 JulyGurupurnima Mahotsav

  Held together with the 20 Poonam Satra.

Tips for your visit

• Gnyanbaug garden, to the northwest of the temple gate, has four memorials to Swaminarayan.
• A dharamsala, or guest house, is inside the temple premises.

Questions people ask